OPAL: the new gold
Australia is replacing its only research reactor, the High Flux Australian Reactor with a multi-purpose reactor facility, OPAL. The new facility will be located adjacent to HIFAR at the Lucas Heights(keep on reading)

How new designs could make nuclear power even more attractive
Experiments are about to begin on a new form of nuclear power that even eco-warriors might tolerate--if not welcome. It is radically different from the traditional reactor designs that prompt fear(keep on reading)

Increasing depletion
The FRM-II research reactor was designed during the 1980s to use fuel enriched to over 90% U-235. By 2010, a new fuel element must be designed that can ...(keep on reading)

SIX NEW NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES
As awareness of and interest in nuclear energy grows, efforts are underway to identify viable technologies for the next generation of nuclear powerplants-known ...(keep on reading)

Introducing the GT-MHR
The Gas Turbine - Modular Helium Reactor is an advanced gas-cooled reactor currently under development in a joint Russia-USA programme to provide capacity ...(keep on reading)

nuclear reactor: Definition and Much More From Answers.com
As well as the moderator, thermal reactors have fuel (fissionable material), ... The pebble bed reactor uses a gas-cooled design. Since water serves as a ...
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EUROPA - Research - Energy - - Various Types of Fission Reactor
In a thermal reactor, the coolant can be ordinary water, ... In the water-cooled RBMK reactors, the neutron absorbing properties of the cooling water are a ...
europa.eu.int/comm/research/energy/fi/fi_bs/article_1175_...

AEI: October 1995, Light Water Breeder
Breeding had occurred in a light water reactor system using most of the same ... AEI will discuss a new design for a thermal breeder reactor designed to be ...
www.atomicinsights.com/oct95/LWBR_oct95.html

Advanced Reactors
... 65 GWd/t and the highest thermal efficiency of any light water reactor, at 36%. ... ACR-1000 proposed for UK, Evolutionary design; Light water cooling ...
www.uic.com.au/nip16.htm

Nuclear Power Reactors
The reactor is designed to operate with 12-15% of the water in the top part ... the cooling and neutron absorbtion without inhibiting the fission reaction, ...
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